5 things to know about heroin use, getting help

Al Behrman

Published 1:16 pm, Monday, April 7, 2014

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In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 photo, Candy Murray Abbott, left, and Tammie Norris hold a sign made by Norris that shows a pair of angel's wings with the names of youths who have died from drug abuse in Hamilton, Ohio. The two mothers, who both have a child that is a recovering addict, formed a group called Heroin Control in Hamilton. "If you stood next to somebody and just started a conversation about heroin, you'd hear: 'Oh yeah, my nephew's on heroin. My next-door neighbor's on heroin. My daughter's on heroin,'" says Abbott, who helped her own 27-year-old son through withdrawal in summer 2013. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 photo, Candy Murray Abbott, left, and Tammie Norris hold a sign made by Norris that shows a pair of angel's wings with the names of youths who have died from drug abuse in

In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 photo, Candy Murray Abbott, left, and Tammie Norris hold a sign made by Norris that shows a pair of angel's wings with the names of youths who have died from drug abuse in Hamilton, Ohio. The two mothers, who both have a child that is a recovering addict, formed a group called Heroin Control in Hamilton. "If you stood next to somebody and just started a conversation about heroin, you'd hear: 'Oh yeah, my nephew's on heroin. My next-door neighbor's on heroin. My daughter's on heroin,'" says Abbott, who helped her own 27-year-old son through withdrawal in summer 2013. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)